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Team: SUNY Potsdam Bears [ID #670] Bookmark SUNY Potsdam Bears

Location: Potsdam, NY (Northeast)

Conference: VI.11 [Division 3]

President: nwgocats send message
          [since February 04th 2024 | last seen June 28th 2025]

Coach: Shane Banks

Arena: Welsh Gymnasium

Rating: 42.51 - Overall Position: #706

Fan Mood: 109.30

Alumni Mood: 30.35

Prestige: 54

Team Notes:

• Feb 10 2046: 3-star prospect Billy Farrell committed.
• Dec 21 2045: 3-star prospect Stan Reid committed.
• Dec 14 2045: 3-star prospect Anthony Greenberg committed.
• Dec 31 2044: 3-star prospect Dan Stein committed.
• Nov 26 2044: 3-star prospect Tyrell Hubert committed.
• Nov 16 2044: 3-star prospect Dylan Adcock committed.
• Mar 24 2044: 2-star prospect Ira Gillespie committed.
• Feb 25 2044: 2-star prospect Vincent Leroy committed.
• Feb 13 2044: 3-star prospect Lou Norris committed.
• Dec 10 2043: 2-star prospect Oscar Shelby committed.


Record:

Wins: 30 Losses: 10 Pct: .750     Conf Wins: 25 Conf Losses: 5 Conf Pct: .833 Conf Rank: 3     Last10: 8-2 Streak: W6

Pts Ave: 83.6 - 73.2     Pts Diff: +10.4     Team Power Index: 143.7

Press Releases:

Jan 13 2039: SUNY Potsdam Bears- Huge Commitment Cycle - by nwgocats on June 2nd, 2024

SUNY Potsdam, led by Head Coach Shane Banks, have put together a huge recruiting cycle so far, one that looks to help the team rebuild from an underwhelming season so far, their first in D2. They have brought in 3-star high school guards Joel Barclay and Darnel Hennessy, and have added to that by landing the highest-ranked recruit in recent program history and the #1 ranked JUCO prospect, 4-star Scotty Sanderson. This is great news, and even better is that the Bears are nowhere near done with recruiting this year. Big things are coming in the next few years.


Dec 25 2036: First Press Release- New President at SUNY Potsdam - by nwgocats on February 5th, 2024

This is my first press release with this program, and I intend on making SUNY Potsdam a dominant program in college basketball. We are a perimeter focused program, and value the three pointer highly, playing fast-paced and high-energy basketball. I reworked our rotation and coaches to fit this, and am determined to be successful.